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When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.

William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt
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William Carew Hazlitt
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The Irish are hearty, the Scotch plausible, the French polite, the Germans good-natured, the Italians courtly, the Spaniards reserved and decorous - the English alone seem to exist in taking and giving offense.
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A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death.
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